Reflective Essay On Mexican Culture

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Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, music, art, and food. Most people that were raised in different countries then came to America, are more strong with their cultures and they know who they are, for instance, my family. Meanwhile, being born here and raised in a different environment from my parents, I developed my own version of Mexican culture. For example, my parent's religious beliefs are way stronger than mine because that is how they were raised. I was raised to be religious as well but my grandparents were more strict on my parents about stuff dealing with religion. Another example, of the two different cultures, is that according to the Solis family, …show more content…
I wouldn’t eat everything my parents would make for dinner or breakfast. We would usually have eggs, rice, beans, and tortillas for breakfast. I didn’t particularly like eating beans and tortillas. This would cause my parents to become angry with me because I would only eat “American food”. When I was around my relatives and my siblings, they would make fun of me because I wouldn’t eat what every other Mexican would eat. Which was tortillas, beans, and really spicy foods, they would claim that I was a “white girl”. Of course, this isn’t the case anymore because I love food and I can handle the spiciness now.

When I was to get yelled at by my parents, it would upset me a bit but not much. It would actually anger me more than make me upset. This was because I knew that I wasn’t a white girl and I didn’t want to be seen as that especially from my family which there not supposed to judge me. At times, when I was around relatives, I would feel like I was an embarrassment to my parents. Those were the only times I really was ashamed of myself of being a picky eater. But I would eventually just brush it off.

Now that I’m actually talking about it, I believe the reason I stopped being a picky eater was in fact because I felt like my parents were embarrassed and ashamed of me around family and I didn’t want for them to feel that way towards
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